Habitat for Humanity Builders Blitz this Weekend in Charlottesville
If you have some free time this weekend, why not help to build a house for Charlottesville's Habitat for Humanity Builder's Blitz? On two weekends in July 2010, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville will begin the final set of four homes in the affiliate's…
Updating Charlottesville’s Bicycle Transportation Plan
Good stuff in the C-Ville this week about the City of Charlottesville's bicycle plan. Or lack thereof. (more…)
Mid-Year Charlottesville and Albemarle Market Report – 2010 (Part 1)
Whew. The tax credit is over. Hopefully now the Charlottesville real estate market* can seek out normalcy, whatever that is. This is Part One of at least Two. Two will publish on Wednesday. Where are we now? Unfortunately, the questions from January remain. I'll lead…
Charlottesville’s LEAP
Via press release: Charlottesville and Albemarle residents will have the chance to win $10,000 in energy efficiency improvements to their homes in a Home Energy Makeover Contest to be announced this Wednesday, July 7th. The contest is one of several upcoming opportunities for local homeowners…
Twitter Week in Review
Fascinating question on CSPAN this morning - "Is America exceptional?" # I'd like to take the day off to watch the #worldcup but I'd rather try and earn some new business. # The folks here are Awesome. They fix my glasses at least 3 times…
HR 5623 – Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010
Passed. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase of a principal residence before October 1, 2010, in the case of a written binding contract entered into with respect to such principal residence before May 1,…
In Which I Call the Bottom of the Charlottesville Real Estate Market
I wonder if I'm going to be right. From July 2009: - The bottom. I think we're going to see a bottom of the market in or by 4th Quarter 2010. If we can achieve mere stagnation by then, I will be pleased. We're not…
Now This is Interesting – Altos’ Market Mapper
Get Charlottesville real estate market reports delivered to you based on where you are interested ... Very interesting. So if you're looking for market data in Scottsville, click there and sign up (spam free as always), in the City of Charlottesville, click. I'd like to…
Show Notes from Sunday’s Radio Show Discussing Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market
As always, huge thanks to Charlottesville Podcasting Network for the podcast of Sunday's show where we discussed the current state of the Charlottesville real estate market, among other things. Looking back ... (more…)